On August 18, 2026, Cailian Press reported that despite AI firm Anthropic not yet officially launching its initial public offering (IPO), market sentiment suggests it could overtake Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the most significant IPO of 2026. According to data from prediction market Polymarket, investors currently assign Anthropic a roughly 44% likelihood of achieving this feat, just shy of SpaceX’s 55% probability. Earlier, Anthropic demonstrated remarkable financial growth, with its second-quarter revenue skyrocketing 14-fold year-on-year to exceed $11.5 billion, while also posting its first-ever positive adjusted operating profit. The company is now anticipated to go public as soon as October, aiming for a staggering $2 trillion valuation—a figure that would eclipse SpaceX’s record-setting $1.77 trillion IPO in June of this year.